Fierce Bad Rabbit splitting up, but staying together

Mar. 26, 2013

Fierce Bad Rabbit, lead singer and lead guitarist, Chris Anderson, right, sings during a son as the band rehearses Tuesday morning March 26, 2013, in Fort Collins. Anderson is moving to Boston with his wife and splitting time between Fort Collins and Boston. The band insists this is not the end and it actually will help expand the group's reach to make a national name for itself. In the background is bass player, Dayton Hicks, left, and viola player, Alana Rolfe. / V. Richard Haro/The Coloradoan

Fort Collins band Fierce Bad Rabbit is splitting up — but staying together.

Next month, Chris Anderson will move to Boston, but other than his location, nothing will really change, the band’s frontman said.

“This is not something we’re walking away from at all,” he said. “This, to me, is a push to get (our) music out to the rest of the country.”

Anderson said he plans to use the time in Boston to promote FBR more on the East Coast, an area where it is beginning to generate buzz. The band is currently #1 on the radio spins in Rochester, NY’s WBER, in regular rotation on several Boston stations and receiving regular airplay on many tier 1 and 2 market stations along the eastern seaboard. Hopefully, the move will expand the group’s reach and help it become the national touring act that it’s been aspiring toward, he said.

It’s an added challenge but something that when the group asked itself what would success look like was a natural step.

For FBR bassist Dayton Hicks, the future for now will be “business as usual.”

The move — which was precipitated by a new job for Anderson’s wife, Michele — was something that always was a possibility so no one in the band was surprised when it became a reality, he said.

“We’re not taking things for granted,” Anderson added. “It will be difficult but we all sacrifice so much and consequently our families all sacrifice so there really needs to be that give and take. Life changes and that’s what shapes bands and music and this move will shape the next phase for us.”